Current Employment Position(s)

Counsel

Languages

• English
• French

Lawyer Overview

Frank Martin Laprade is European counsel in the capital markets practice of Jones Day's Paris Office and has been practicing in the areas of corporate finance and capital markets for more than 12 years.

Frank has assisted numerous companies and their shareholders with stock market transactions and discussions with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French Stock Exchange Regulator) as well as with litigation against minority shareholders.

Additionally, Frank regularly assists public French and international clients in all matters pertaining to French corporate and securities law, including IPOs and tender offers. Recent representations include French-listed companies such as Team Partners Group, Wavecom, and EMME as well as European banks such as Société Générale (equity lines) and Fortis Bank.

Before joining Jones Day in September 2005, Frank practiced with Moquet Borde & Associés in Paris (now Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker) from 1994 to 2003, including one year in London (2000 to 2001), and then with Clifford Chance in Paris.

Frank is a lecturer in law and economics at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po). He is a member of the research center in financial law at the Université de Paris I-Sorbonne and of the ANSA Legal Committee (Association Nationale des Sociétés par Actions). He has written extensively on regulatory and corporate matters such as employee investment schemes and the implementation of the new European directive on tender offers. His articles have been published in various French financial newspapers and legal publications.

Frank is listed as one of the best capital markets lawyers in France in the guide The Legal 500 EMEA.

Areas of Practice

• Capital Markets
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement

Representative Cases

• Block Trade Sale
• Delisting Tender Offer
• Initial Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering by DLSI
• Initial Public Offering by Metabolic Explorer
• Issuance of Shares by POWEO
• Issuance of Warrants
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by Business & Decision
• Public Offering
• Public Offering
• Public Offering and Regulation S Convertible Bond Offering
• Step-up Equity Financing by Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
• Step-up Equity Financing by Exonhit S.A.
• Step-up Equity Financing by Theolia S.A.
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Commodities, Foreign Investment, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation

Bar Admissions

• Paris, France

Education

• Ins d'Etudes Politiques Paris
• U de Paris II - France
• U de Paris XI - France

Published Works

• Transposition de la directive OPA : les sociétés cotées faisant l'objet d'une OPA ressemblent-elles à de simple SICAV, Option Finance, 2005
• L’attribution gratuite d’actions, coauthor, Actes Pratiques, n°82, 2005
• L’AMF bientôt plus puissante que son homologue américaine ? coauthor, Petites Affiches, n°39, 2005
• Le plaider-coupable devant l'AMF, coauthor, Les Echos, 2004
• Directive 2004/25/CE du 21 avril 2004 relative aux OPA ou l’encadrement par le droit communautaire du changement de contrôle d’une société cotée, coauthor, Bulletin Joly Bourse, 2004
• Intervention sur Bloomberg TV, à propos de la nouvelle ordonnance sur les Valeurs Mobilières, 2004
• Une articulation délicate entre le droit de la concurrence et le droit boursier, Revue de Droit Bancaire et Financier, n°6, 2003
• Apport en usufruit et apport en jouissance d'actions, quelles différences aux plans juridique et fiscal ? coauthor, La Semaine Juridique, Éditions du Jurisclasseur n°49,, 2002
• La réglementation de l’épargne salariale un an après la loi Fabius, coauthor, Banque et Droit, n°86, 2002
• L’apport en jouissance de titres : apport en réméré ? coauthor, Le Juriste, 2002
• Épargne salariale : la mise à jour annuelle du prospectus salarié, une contrainte à prendre en compte, coauthor, Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers, n°33, 2002
• Communication financière sur Internet, EFE TV, (Web Site), 2001
• Le Contrôle : Une notion à géométrie variable, coauthor, Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers, n°29, 2001
• L'equity line à la française, coauthor, Revue de Droit Bancaire et Financier, n°4, 2001
• L'attribution de stock options à l'occasion d'une introduction en bourse, Décideurs Juridiques & Financiers, n°27, 2001
• Quelle déontologie pour les introductions en bourse ? Paris Market (Euronext), 2000
• Le contrôle de l'information financière sur Internet, Paris Market (Euronext), 1999

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